Awards (Current Affairs) (Part-V)

Total Questions: 50

1. Who among the following got the award for 'Best Supporting Actress' at the National Awards 2021? [S.S.C. Online CGL (T-I) 20.04.2022 (Shift-III)]

Correct Answer: (d) Pallavi Joshi
Solution:Pallavi Joshi received widespread acclaim for her role as Ayesha Ali Shah in the political thriller The Tashkent Files, and her performance was recognized with the Best Supporting Actress award at the National Awards 2021.

Note- Lakshmi Priya Chandramouli got the award for the 'Best supporting actress' at the National awards 2022.

2. Who won the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2020 for a short documentary on honey hunting? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 27.10.2021 (Shift-II)]

Correct Answer: (b) Kezang D Thongdok
Solution:Filmmaker Kejag De Thongdok from Arunachal Pradesh won the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, 2020 for the short documentary film 'Chi Lupo'. 'Chỉ Lupo' is a short documentary on honey hunting by Kejang de Thongdok.

Note:- Asha Parekh received the award for her Outstanding Contribution To Film Industry, Pushpa: The Rise won the award for the Film of the Year, 2022.

3. Who among the following was the 49th recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 13.10.2021 (Shift-I)]

Correct Answer: (b) Vinod Khanna
Solution:Actor Vinod Khanna was posthumously awarded the 49th Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2017. The 51st Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2019 was presented to actor Rajinikanth.

Note:- Ranveer Singh for film 83 has been honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2022.

4. Who among the following was conferred with the 'Best Actor' award at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival in February 2020? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 05.09.2021 (Shift-III)]

Correct Answer: (d) Hrithik Roshan
Solution:Hrithik Roshan was honored with the Best Actor award for his film 'Super 30' at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival in February 2020. Ranbir Kapoor has been given the Best Actor Award for his film 'Brahmastra Part One Shiva' at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Awards, 2023.

5. Who was honored with the 'Dada Saheb Phalke Award' in 2019? [S.S.C. JE Mechanical Exam 27.10.2020 (Shift-II)]

Correct Answer: (b) Amitabh Bachchan
Solution:The Dadasaheb Phalke Award was instituted in the year 1969 in memory of Dadasaheb Phalke, who is called the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. For the first time in the year 1969, this honor was conferred on actress Devika Rani. Amitabh Bachchan was honored with the 50th Dadasaheb Phalke Award in the year 2019. The 51st Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2019 was presented to Rajinikanth in the year 2021.

Note:- Ranbir Singh has been awarded the Best Actor Award for his film '83' at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Awards 2022.

6. Who among the following was honoured with the 50th Dadasaheb Phalke Award? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 3.03.2020 (Shift-II) S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 12.10.2020 (Shift-I)]

Correct Answer: (b) Amitabh Bachchan
Solution:The Dadasaheb Phalke Award was instituted in the year 1969 in memory of Dadasaheb Phalke, who is called the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. For the first time in the year 1969, this honor was conferred on actress Devika Rani. Amitabh Bachchan was honored with the 50th Dadasaheb Phalke Award in the year 2019. The 51st Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2019 was presented to Rajinikanth in the year 2021.

Note:- Ranbir Singh has been awarded the Best Actor Award for his film '83' at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Awards 2022.

7. Name the first person to receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. [S.S.C. Online Constable GD 3.03.2019 (Shift-II)]

Correct Answer: (d) Devika Rani
Solution:The Dadasaheb Phalke Award was instituted in the year 1969 in memory of Dadasaheb Phalke, who is called the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. For the first time in the year 1969, this honor was conferred on actress Devika Rani. Amitabh Bachchan was honored with the 50th Dadasaheb Phalke Award in the year 2019. The 51st Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2019 was presented to Rajinikanth in the year 2021.

Note:- Ranbir Singh has been awarded the Best Actor Award for his film '83' at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Awards 2022.

8. Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2020? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 09.08.2021 (Shift-II)]

Correct Answer: (b) Louise Gluck
Solution:In the year 2020, the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to American author Louise Gluck. The Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021 has been awarded to Tanzanian novelist Abdul Razzaq Gurnah. He was honored with this prestigious award for depicting with compassion the effects of colonialism and the problem of refugees in the gap between cultures and the continent, without compromising.

9. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2020 was awarded to ____________. [S.S.C. Online CGL (T-I) 12.04.2022 (Shift-I)]

Correct Answer: (c) Louise Gluck
Solution:In the year 2020, the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to American author Louise Gluck. The Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021 has been awarded to Tanzanian novelist Abdul Razzaq Gurnah. He was honored with this prestigious award for depicting with compassion the effects of colonialism and the problem of refugees in the gap between cultures and the continent, without compromising.

10. Who among the following was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2019 "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience"? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 15.10.2020 (Shift-II)]

Correct Answer: (c) Peter Handke
Solution:Austrian writer Peter Handke was awarded the Nobel Literature Prize in the year 2019 for his brilliant work in exploring the range and specificity of human experience with linguistic ingenuity. The Nobel Literature Prize for the year 2020 was awarded to American author "Louise Gluck". He was awarded this award for his poetic voice that beautifully universalizes individual existence. The Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021 has been awarded to Tanzanian novelist Abdul Razzaq Gurnah.